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LA gets official go-ahead to host 2028 Olympics

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Los Angeles has received its formal go-ahead to host the 2028 Olympics, getting a thumbs-up from the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commi...
IOC seeks more information regarding vote-buying case

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - What was supposed to be a stress-free meeting of the International Olympic Committee turned into something quite different Monday, when IOC president T...
LA loves the Olympics, even though they're 11 years away

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - More than anything, the United States was looking for a city that liked the Olympics. After a debacle in Boston, where public support for hosting the g...
Paris aiming to make Olympic Games desirable again by 2024

By JOHN LEICESTER
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The world's capital of romance intends to make the Olympic Games desirable again. After decades of waste, excess and grotesque behavior by other Olympic hos...
Irish official in Olympic scalping case leaves IOC board

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The IOC says Patrick Hickey resigned from its executive board, more than one year after he was arrested at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a ticket scal...
Top IOC member wants action with 'teeth' in vote-buying case

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A top International Olympic Committee member wants his organization to act with "more teeth" in response to a vote-buying scheme to land last year'...
Parsons of Brazil elected president of Paralympic movement

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The International Paralympic Committee has elected Andrew Parsons as president. The Brazilian replaces Philip Craven, who led the ...
Paralympics body eases ban on Russian athletes

The Associated Press
Sep 06, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The International Paralympic Committee has eased a ban on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete in qualifying events for next year's winter games in S...
IOC can't escape Rio; top organizer Nuzman held in dawn raid

By STEPHEN WADE and PETER PRENGAMAN
Sep 06, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The International Olympic Committee just can't get away from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The IOC is ready to put a rubber-stamp approval this mont...
US women's hockey team has Canada aplenty on fall schedule

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. women's national team will play Canada at least four times as part of the Time is Now Tour leading up to the 2018 Winter Olympics...

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